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as also all Coins, Medals, and other Rarities 

 and Curiosities in the said Library contained, 

 should be lodged and there remain to all 

 Posterity ; and that the said Room when 

 built, should for ever be called and known 

 by the Name of the Cottonian Library ; and 

 that from the Building thereof, the said Li- 

 brary should be managed and directed by 

 the Trustees therein named, as Trustees to 

 and for the Use of the Publick for ever : 

 And whereas although the publick Faith hath 

 been thus engaged to provide for the better 

 Reception and more convenient Use of the 

 Cottonian Library, a proper Repository for 

 that purpose hath not yet been prepared ; for 

 the want of which, the said Library did, in the 

 Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred 

 and thirty-one, suffer by a Fire, which consumed 

 the House wherein the same was then placed, 

 and what remains of the said Library still 

 continues in the Room, to which upon the 

 Occasion of the said Fire it was removed ; 

 and Persons desirous to view and consult the 

 Treasure of Books and Manuscripts therein 

 contained, cannot conveniently resort there- 

 R r cc , ita l,? f , Par r t unto : And whereas Arthur Edwards, late of 



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AnhurEdwards, Saint George Hanover Square, in the County 



