XXX. SECOND WINTER MEETING. 



amount of information about various churches which had 

 been restored had been collected and the MSS. had been 

 forwarded to Canon Mayo, who was of the opinion that all 

 the papers were worth preserving. Canon Mayo said .that 

 he was still willing to receive such information ; but that he 

 had no idea of editing it, or of reporting upon it. 



EXHIBITS. 



The PRESIDENT exhibited two fine copies out of a collection 

 of Prayer Books of the 17th and 18th centuries, illustrated 

 with copper plates, called " Historical cuts," and read the 

 following note about them : 



A number of editions of these Prayer Books were printed, of which 

 I have a small collection of about a dozen. My earliest one is dated 

 1667, and my latest 1771. The number of " cuts " is usually about 50, 

 and they are, so far as I have seen, very similar in the different editions. 

 One of the most striking is that of an eye looking down upon Guy 

 Fawkes and his fellow conspirators, illustrating the service for 

 November 5th ; and there are pictures of the Restoration, and of the 

 Beheading of Charles I, and of the Apostles opposite to the collects for 

 their festivals. Sometimes these cuts are coloured, as in the edition 

 of 1711 exhibited. The rare service " At the Healing," which refers 

 to the touching by the monarch for King's Evil, occurs in this edition, 

 and also in another of Queen Anne's reign (1713) in my possession. A 

 New Testament is bound up with the 1667 edition, and the "Companion 

 to the Altar " and " Metrical Psalter " are frequently added. 



Mr. H. SYMONDS observed that the practice of monarchs 

 of exercising healing power began, he believed, in the reign of 

 Henry VII., and was continued by our Sovereigns right 

 through the Tudor and Stuart dynasties ; but came to an 

 end with Queen Anne, the last of the Stuarts. 



The PRESIDENT also exhibited a brass bleeding bowl 

 (probably 18th century) and a blood letting machine, with 

 12 knives which are set with a lever and can be adjusted so 

 as to cut to a depth of 3-16ths of an inch. The machine is 

 placed flat upon the arm, and by pressing a knob the knives 



