492 



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 puao mc an 6haipD cc." Upon the outside 

 of the volume its title is written in Irish and Latin as fol- 

 lows: 



" Cebhap ipipin t tDotnhnaill. 



Liber poematum O'Donnellij." 

 Upon the inside of the cover I found a note scarcely legible. 

 I was able to decipher vi^ith difficulty the following words at 

 the conclusion : " O'Donnell a dall fall. . . , Brukelles, 

 xiii. September, 1622." The writing in this volume is not 



