26 Georgii II. 



Legacy shall become pa}^able as aforesaid, 

 towards purchasing such Manuscripts, Books 

 of Antiquities, ancient Coins, Medals, and 

 other Curiosities, as may be worthy to increase 

 and enlarge the said Library ; and that the 

 Acquittance of any Person or Persons autho- 

 rized by the said Trustees, or the major Part 

 of them, in a General Meeting assembled to 

 receive the said Legacy of Seven thousand 

 Pounds, shall be, and be accepted as a suffi- 

 cient Discharge to the Executors and Repre- 

 sentatives of the said Testator, for the Payment 

 of the said Legacy. 



And whereas the Right Honourable Hen- 

 rietta Cavendish Holies, Countess of Oxford 

 and Countess Mortimer, Relict of Edzvard 

 Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, and the 

 Most Noble Margaret Cavendish Dutchess of 

 Portland their only Daughter, have expressed 

 their Approbation of a Proposal for the Pur- 

 chase of the valuable Collection of Manu- 

 scripts, collected by the said Earl, and by 

 Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer his 

 Eather, in Consideration of the Sum of Ten 

 thousand Pounds, upon Condition that the 

 same shall be kept together in a proper 

 Repository,, as an Addition to the Cottoniam 



