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An ACCOUNT of fame MANUSCRIPT PAPERS which 

 belonged to Sir PHILIP HOBY, Knight, who filed feveral 

 important Offices in the REIGN of KING EDWARD the 

 SIXTH, and which are at prefent the Property o/'WILLIAM 

 HARE, Esq; one of the Reprefentatives in Parliament for the 

 City of Cork; by the Reverend Mr. HINCKES of Cork, com- 

 municated by the PRESIDENT. 



HE defire which mankind have ever felt to be acquainted ^^^^ ^*' 



^ cember 17th 



with the proceedings of their anccftors, and the important ad- '79^- 

 vantages which may be derived from hiftorical knowledge, have 

 caufed grsat attention to be paid to all the various fources of hif- 

 torical information. Amongfl thefe fources, public ads of the 

 government, and the private as well as public correfpondence of 

 individuals, whofe great knowledge or peculiar fituation gave 

 them an opportunity of being acquainted not only with events, 

 but alfo with the caufes of them, have ever held a principal place; 

 and all. good compilers of hiftory have carefully confulted fuch 

 as could be found in public libraries, or in thofe offices of ftate 



appointed . 



