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tracts of the Greek fathers, never yet published, besides divers ancient histo- 

 rians and geographers, and particularly a good deal of Chrysostom. 



The MSS. of Sir Thomas Roe, which he brought over with him from the 

 East, and those given by Oliver Cromwell, have as good a character, consider- 

 ing their numbers ; those of Cromwell's being accounted the remaining part of 

 the Baroccian library, which the Earl thought fit to detain, and were afterwards 

 given by Cromwell. 



After these is a catalogue of the MSS. of Archbishop Laud, 1300 in num- 

 ber, which he gave to the university at three or four donations, besides what 

 he gave to St. John's college in Oxon. These MSS. are sufficient to make a 

 large library of themselves, and are written in these languages, viz. Hebrew, 

 Syriac, Chaldee, Elhiopic, Armenian, Arabic, (as well African as Asiatic,) Per- 

 sian, Turkish, Chinese, Japonese, Malayan, Malabaric, Russian, Greek, (as 

 well in the vulgar Greek as the scholastic,) Latin, Italian, German, Bohemian, 

 Irish, Anglo-Saxon, English, and one book in the Hieroglyphics of Mexico, 

 as there are several others in other parts of the library. What noble copies do 

 we find here of the sacred books, fathers, historians, poets, orators, philoso- 

 phers, physicians, mathematicians, &c. Besides those above-mentioned, there 

 are in the library thousands of MSS. which are in the same languages with that 

 Prelate's books ; besides other books written in the Samaritan, Mendaeanj 

 Coptic or Egyptian, Siamese, Peguan, Indostan, Sanscrit, Tylingan, Ceylo- 

 nian, Tartarian, Spanish, Portuguese, British, Francic, Frisian, Gothic, and 

 Islandic, &c. 



After these follow the MSS. of Sir Kenelm Digby, which are chiefly mathe- 

 matical, though there are many other valuable books among them on other 

 subjects. Then comes a great number of other MSS. given by many particular 

 persons, and now ascribed to Sir Thomas Bodley ; as also those of Mr. John 

 Selden, in the Greek and Oriental languages, with some others of his ancient 

 books. Next to these come in order the books which are said to be in Hyperoo 

 Bodleiano ; the chief of which are these: 1. Those given by Dr. Huntington. 

 2. Those bought by the university of Mr. Greaves. 3. The collections of Dr. 

 Richard James, bought by the university after his death, which are more parti- 

 larly accounted for afterwards. 4 Those given by the Lord Fairfax ; among 

 which are the collections of Mr. Dodsworth. And 5, those bought by the 

 university out of the library of the Lord Hatton, among all which are many 

 books of very great value. Mr. Dodsworlh's collections make l6o volumes, 

 written with his own hand, and contain avast treasure of antiquities of all sorts, 

 relating to our English history. Next to these, in the catalogue, follows a 



