Acts and Votes, 8$c. 
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- 
