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Hector Boetius, and commencing “‘ Primus imperat Scotis ;” 
these extracts are only a few pages in length. 
Nos. 5311, 5312, 5317, 5318, are, respectively, bulls by 
Popes Urban VIII. and Alexander VII.; and letters to the 
Irish bishops from Popes Zacharias and Gregory. 
No. 5313 is “de Monasterio St. Jacobi Herbipolensis” 
(Wurtzburg) ; and commencing, ‘ Circa hoc tempus multi in 
Scotia.” 
In 5314 is an extract from Marianus Scotus upon Ireland, 
very short, and commencing, ‘‘ Hac quoque tempestate.” 
There are also extracts from the ** Annales Suevici’”’ of Mar- 
tinus Crucis concerning Ireland; and a collection upon the 
‘‘ Irish Apostles,” with their labours in Belgium and Ger- 
many. 
To the historical student wishing to pursue his researches 
in reference to the seminaries established on the Continent 
by these missionaries, the contents of the volume we are 
speaking of would be indeed an acquisition. In it he has 
the names of many authors with which, very possibly, he has 
hitherto been unacquainted, with references to their writings 
already arranged, which would give him considerable trouble 
even to make out. 
Vol. XIX. (6131, 6132, 6133) is a large quarto, bound 
in vellum, containing a collection of Irish poems and pieces 
in prose, upon the O’ Donnell family, and has been evidently 
left in an unfinished state ; a good number of the poems are 
headed ** Goghan puad me an Shaipo cc.” Upon the outside 
of the volume its title is written in Irish and Latin as fol- 
lows: 
“ Gebhap pip i Oomhnaill. 
Liber poematum O’Donnellij.” 
Upon the inside of the cover I found a note scarcely legible. 
I was able to decipher with difficulty the following words at 
the conclusion: ‘* O’Donnell a dall fall. ... Brukelles, 
xiii. September, 1622,” The writing in this volume is not 
