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Reign of King William the Third ; and also 

 reciting, that since the making of the said 

 Act, very little had been done in pursuance 

 thereof, to make the said Library useful to 

 the Publick, except what had been then 

 lately done at Her Majesty's Charge, and that 

 there was no Way or Passage to set it out, 

 as the said Act did direct, nor could there 

 be any Way or Passage to the same, but 

 through the best Rooms of the House, which 

 would render the House wholly useless to 

 the Family; so that the Library could not be 

 resorted unto, nor had any Orders or Rules 

 been appointed for reading or using the 

 same, and thereby the Publick was wholly 

 deprived of the Benefit designed by the said 

 Act; and that the Place wherein the said 

 Library was then contained, was a narrow 

 little Room, damp and improper for preserv- 

 ing the Books and Papers; and that Her 

 Majesty, to the Intent so great a Treasure of 

 Books and Manuscripts, so generously given 

 for the publick Service, might not remain any 

 longer useless, and in Danger of perishing 

 for Want of due Care, and that it might be 

 in Her Majesty's Power to make that most 

 valuable Collection useful to Her own Sub- 



