Nov. 17. 1849. ] 
print: ‘Copland in Fletestrete, at the signe of the 
Rose Garland.’ In the Selden Collection, in the 
Bodleian Library, and in the copy from which 
Mr. Upcott published his reprint, we read on the 
recto of the last leaf, ‘Imprented at London 
in Lothbury ouer agaynste Sainct Margaryte’s 
Church, by me Wyllyam Copland.” 
The copy in the Chetham Library, now 
lying before me, corresponds with the de- 
scription of the latter impression. Dibdin’s 
mistake perhaps originated in the last page 
of the work preceding Borde, which is bound 
up with four other works, having the follow- 
ing: “Imprinted at London in Feetestrete, 
by Henry Wykes.” 
This volume contains — 
“The Choise of Change: 
Containing the Triplicitie of Diuinitie, Philosophie, 
and Poetrie, Short for memorie, Profitable for 
Knowledge, and necessary for Maners; whereby 
the learned may be confirmed, the ignorant in- 
structed, and all men generally recreated. Newly 
set forth by S. R., Gent and Student in the Uni- 
versitie of Cambridge. Tria sunt omnia. At 
London, Printed by Roger Warde, dwelling neere 
Holborne Conduite, at the sign of the Talbot, An. 
Dom. 1585.” 
These letters, S. R., are the well known 
initials of Samuel Rowlands, who appears to 
have been a Welshman, from his love of 
Triads, and from the dedications found in 
this the rarest of his works, and those de- 
scribed by Mr. Collier in his Catalogue of the 
Bridgewater House Collection. In the same 
volume is comprised a tract by Greene, with 
a copy of which Mr. Dyce could never meet, 
entitled The Royal Exchange, printed in 
1590. T. Jones. 
NOTES FROM FLY LEAVES, NO. 3. 
The following lines are copied from the fly 
leaf of a copy of the Necessary Doctrine and 
Erudition. Are they original ? 
Anno Dni md47. 
Cc Pp 
Davyd’s seat vnto the we comend 
Salomon’s wysdome god the send 
Tohnes valiauntnesse in the reste 
Theys iij in oon be in thy brest. 
A Description of a Kyng after Scripture. 
Prot. 21. The hart of a kyng is in goddes hande 
Sap. 6. The strengthe of a realme ys a ryght- 
eouse kyng 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
39 
Deut. 17. The kyng ought to kepe hym in the 
bande 
Reg. 20. Of the lawe of god the same readynge 
Prov. 20. Kyngs be happye in mercy doyng 
3 Reg. 3. Askynge wysdome of god omipotent 
To discerne good from an evyll thyng 
Prov. 25. Take awaye vngodlines from the Kyng 
And his seat shall be stablyshed with 
ryght judgmét 
Let vs pray for the Kyng and hym 
honour 
Epwarp the sext our earthlye socour 
God save y® Kyng. 
ABDICATION OF JAMES IL. 
Mr. Editor,— The recent publication of 
Macaulay’s History of England, and the fresh 
prominence given thereby to the occurrences 
of the Revolution of 1688, have induced me, 
joined to a wish for the success of your hap- 
pily-conceived work, to send you the following 
“Note.” It was drawn up by the late Sir 
Harris Nicolas, and printed in the Pro- 
ceedings of the late Record Commissioners. 
As, however, only fifty copies were printed 
for the use of the Commissioners, and a copy 
is rarely met with, perhaps this Note may have 
sufficient novelty for insertion. Sir Harris 
Nicolas, as editor of the Proceedings of the 
Privy Council, would doubtless, had that 
work been continued to 1688, have used the 
MS. if attainable. 
“ Notice of Manuscript in the possession of 
the Rev. Sir Thomas Miller, Bart., containing the 
original Minutes of the Assembly of Peers and 
Privy Councillors that met at Guildhall, upon the 
flight of James II. from London. 
“Extracts from Memorandum of a MS. in the 
possession of the Rev. Sir Thomas Miller, Bart., 
shown to Mr. Cooper, Secretary to the Record 
Commissioners, to Sir Harris Nicolas, and to 
Mr. Hardy, in May, 1833, at Sir Thomas Miller’s 
lodgings in the Edgware Road. 
“Immediately after the flight of James the 
Second from London, on the 11th of December, 
1688, a tumult arose among the citizens which 
created considerable alarm; and with the view of 
preserving the peace, of imparting public confi- 
dence, and of providing for the extraordinary state 
of affairs, all the Peers and Privy Councillors then 
in the vicinity of the metropolis assembled at 
Guildhall. Of this important Assembly, Bishop 
Burnet’s notice is very brief, and it would appear 
from his statement that it was called by the Lord 
Mayor.* A more full account of the Convention 
* After mentioning the excesses committed by the 
