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Note. — After this paper was written I discovered in an old cover or 

 binding, of the early seventeenth century, thirty-four leaves of a copy of the 

 Book of Common Prayer of 1551 above-mentioned. These leaves are being 

 repaired, and further particulars about them will be laid before the Academy 

 during next session. Bishop Eeeves stated in a pamphlet, published about 

 1870, that a third copy of this Prayer Book was in the British Museum ; 

 but this is not the case. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES V.-VIII. 



Plate V. — Facsimile of a page of the Book of Common Prayer, i, e. verso 

 of Fol. CXI. From one of the leaves lately discovered in the 

 Academy. 



Plate VI, — Beginning (title and 2 paragraphs) and ending (last paragraph, 

 signatures, &c.) of the Proclamation of 1561. Made from a 

 photograph of the original in the Public Ptecord Office, 

 London. 



Plate VII. — Beginning and ending of the Proclamation of 1564. From a 

 photograph of the original in the Public Eecord Office, 

 London. 



Plate VIII. — Two pages of the " Brefe Declaration." From the unique copy 

 in Trinity College, Dublin. 



